Obituaries

OBITUARIES

May 27, 2000

HARRY JAMES ARMSTRONG, 83, Bobolink Lane, Orlando, died Thursday, May 25. Mr. Armstrong retired as a master sergeant from the Air Force. Born in Stafford Springs, Conn., he moved to Central Florida in 1969. He was Protestant. He was a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Survivors: sons, Harry A., Orlando, James H., West Palm Beach. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home-Ivanhoe Chapel, Orlando.

VERA FRANCES BRANIGAN, 83, Crystal Point Drive, Orlando, died Sunday, May 21. Mrs. Branigan was an organist and choir director. Born in England, she moved to Central Florida in 1992. She was a member of Royal Canadian College of Organists and the American Guild of Organists. She was Episcopalian. Survivors: daughter, Christine Tebb, Orlando; sister, Maud Silber, England; two grandchildren. A Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Pine Castle Chapel, Orlando.

JAMES E. BRASWELL, 71, 1326 Shady Lane Drive, Orlando, died Thursday, May 26. Mr. Braswell was a retired pasteurizer for T.G. Lee Dairy. Born in Empire, Ga., he moved to Central Florida in 1933. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Elizabeth N.; brother, Harvey, Chamblee, Ga.; sister, Virginia Giordano, Merritt Island. Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Orlando.

JAMES W. COTTEN, 81, Adour Drive, Kissimmee, died Friday, May 26. Mr. Cotten was a minister of music. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Tenn. He was a member of Shadecrest Baptist Church. Survivors: son, Joseph, Kissimmee; daughter, Mary Walden, Marietta, Ga.; six grandchildren. Grissom Funeral Home and Crematory, Kissimmee.

MARY BETHEL DAY, 58, Highland Avenue, Montverde, died Friday, May 26, of cancer. Mrs. Day was an electronics technician. Born in Covington County, Ala., she moved to Central Florida in 1992. She was a member of Church of Christ Winter Garden. Survivors: son, Rusty, Montverde; daughters, Karen Holman, Winter Garden, Bobby Jo Brees, Clermont; sisters, Betty Blitch, Winter Garden, Judy Finkelstein, Clermont, Lois Skipper, Groveland; brothers, James Lowery, Joe Sasser, both of Clermont; four grandchildren. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Winter Garden.

JOHN HINTON DENMARK, 77, Pennsylvania Avenue, Titusville, died Wednesday, May 24. Mr. Denmark retired as a chief petty officer from the Navy and was a dock supervisor for the Georgia Ports Authority. Born in Savannah, Ga., he moved to Central Florida in 1986. He was a member of Gateway Masonic Lodge 384 F&AM, Scottish Rite and York Rite. He was a member of Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah. Survivors: daughters, Joan, Westfield, Mass., Ann Thompson, Dublin, Ga.; brothers, Thomas L., Richmond Hill, Ga., Robert, Moorestown, N.J.; one granddaughter; two great-grandsons. North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville.

MARY F. ``BETTY'' EVANS, 75, 729 Innsbruck Drive, Orlando, died Thursday, May 25, of a stroke. Mrs. Evans was a receptionist. Born in Vienna, W.Va., she moved to Central Florida in 1963. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Union Park. Survivors: daughters, Linda Herrin, Vicki Hastings, both of Orlando; sisters, JoAnn Cernell, Orlando, Joyce Krapf, Maine; brother, Bud Dulaney, West Virginia; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Orlando Direct Cremation Service.